Aero leather - Jerky Horsehide upgrade worth it?

[Cimmerian]

Thanks Cimmerian for the pictures! The PDF from Aero is not as detailed

No problem, a *good* picture tells a thousand words!

 

[petermack09]

Mine is over 10years old,,love it,gets better with every wear,,

 

[Kai^2]

Mine is over 10years old,,love it,gets better with every wear,,

Thanks petermack09! I assume this is High Grain Jerky Horsehide in seal as well?

 

[petermack09]

Thanks petermack09! I assume this is High Grain Jerky Horsehide in seal as well?

You're welcome, if I'm honest I can't remember. It's jerky for sure.Started off like cardboard and I thought what have I bought. It felt tight,restrictive and uncomfortable. It was made by Edith, who I believe made all of this contract. But within a short space of time just got better and better. A fantastic jacket that I love wearing, I thoroughly recommend it, I'm lucky that I'm able to visit Aero, so there's no mix up with measurements.

 

[CombatWombat]

I'm not a fan of "Jerky" on my Aero HWM.
It might age well if you have it in a brown colourway, in black it looks pretty crappy as in "wears in"
(My problem with it is that the wear-points fade weirdly and go grey rather than have a chocolate brown tone show through)

The other strange thing is I don't see Jerky HH being offered in black anymore, maybe because of the issue I've mentioned, making the long-term aesthetics impossible to maintain

 

[mulceber]

Yeah, I admit I’ve seen a fair number of Aero jackets with the extreme fading you describe, CW.

 

[CombatWombat]

Yeah, I admit I’ve seen a fair number of Aero jackets with the extreme fading you describe, CW.

It seems to be more common amongst the HH rather than their Steer though (my personal experience)